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Course name
Introduction to Archives and Digital Curation
Institution
University of Maryland
Instructor
Diana Marsh
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2023-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-12-15 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
74


This course introduces students to the theory and practice of archival thinking, and frames current approaches to caring for increasingly complex, multimedia, and heterogeneous information. How was the information acquired or collected? Is the information stored in a secure place (be it in servers or stacks)? Is there guaranteed (and ethically-managed) long-term access to the records, manuscripts, or data? How do we use archival records to hold those in positions of power accountable? What are the ways that marginalized groups are represented in historical sources? What access systems should be in place to maximize the discoverability of the items in our collections? Archivists answer these questions in particular ways. Those perspectives, their histories, and how they are changing, are what we will study during the term.

As a class, we will examine fundamental theories and practices as well as the essential principles and standards that archivists apply in designing and implementing strategies for the preservation and long-term access of information. We will also pay attention to the changing informational, organizational, societal, and technological landscapes and consider how those changes are affecting archival practices, the information and preservation professions, and the implementation of foundational archival ideas. You will also become acquainted with the values of the archives profession that underlie the mandate to manage and care for a body of information resources in diverse organizational and institutional contexts.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jsteve17 Born-digital
Dcole123 Harry Tschopik Jr.
Mnhasel Ernestine H. Wieder Singer
Tahtura South Asian American Digital Archive, Melvin Randolph Gilmore
Foodways Enthusiast Internet Sacred Text Archive
Mlisstudent23
AlmandineRuby Louis Molet
PurplePanda50
Dbails
Khuang1283
Aryaft1 Born-digital, Digital will
Ed ed n edit
Sriley4
Malunk Richard Gordon Vivian
Impossipaul Library of Congress
Folade678
Lmcerna7 Elmer Harp Jr.
Tlporter3 Hazel Hitson Weidman
Wrenpedia
Whitflick Jean Allard Jeancon
Bookkit Julian Hayden
Jednohlas Frederick A. Peterson
Agstarr Alan R. Woolworth
Fior57 Archives of American Art, Bernard Fontana
XxMrkittyxX
Ayamazak
GoJcbs Richard Feinberg, Malcolm F. Farmer
Weaver23 Raymond S. Brandes
Cubicwarbear
RRinst6042023
Shanique0510
Harrowh Alice Neel, Respect des fonds Respect des fonds
Aglreads
Archiveghost Wilbert B. Hinsdale
Vsanchez8
Shellju
PillarManKars
Mariew913
Gracebaty My Sandbox, Group Sandbox, Wikipedia article
Caos77